N.H. Admin. Code § Env-Dw 1002.06

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Env-Dw 1002.06 - Eligibility Criteria

A project shall be eligible for a grant only if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) Each grant property and each match property is in a source water protection area for an active, proposed, or future source of public drinking water for a community or non-transient non-community water system, except for any small portions of land that extend beyond the source water protection area boundary and would be impractical to subdivide off, as specified in RSA 486-A:7, II(a);

(b) Each grant property and each match property that is being obtained for the protection of a surface water supply either:

(1) Is within 5 miles of the intake on a river or, in the case of reservoirs or lakes, is within 5 miles of the source being protected; or

(2) Contains riparian frontage within the watershed of the water supply source;

(c) Each grant property and each match property is outside the sanitary protective area for a proposed or future source, provided that any portion of a property that is within the sanitary protective area for a proposed or future source is not eligible for funding;

(d) The applicant's share of the project value, or match, meets the criteria specified in Env-Dw 1002.07;

(e) Each grant property and each match property is undeveloped land and free of:

(1) Known contamination; and

(2) Potential contamination sources;

(f) No grant property is already permanently protected or owned by the applicant prior to submitting a project eligibility application;

(g) No match property is already permanently protected more than one year prior to the date the project eligibility application is submitted;

(h) Title to each grant property will be held by a grantee, as required by RSA 486-A:7, II(b); and

(i) Title to each match property will be held by a person who would qualify as an applicant.

N.H. Admin. Code § Env-Dw 1002.06

(See Revision Note at part heading for Env-Dw 1002) #9490, eff 6-23-09; amd by #9932, eff 5-27-11

Amended by Volume XXXVIII Number 02, Filed January 11, 2018, Proposed by #12441, Effective 1/1/2018, Expires 1/1/2028.